Agrivoltaics, or the colocation of solar generating facilities with productive agricultural land, has grown rapidly from about 5 MW of installed solar capacity in 2012 to nearly 3 GW in 2020.
The project, developed by BlueWave, owned and operated by Navisun, is an agrivoltaic community solar project built on a wild blueberry farm. The project aims to not only deliver clean energy (and energy savings) to the local community as a community solar farm, but also to improve the yield of the wild blueberry harvest on site as part of the actual farm.
First fully constructed and functional agrivoltaic solar project in Maine combines clean energy with agriculture
Developers say industrial-scale farms are needed to meet the nation’s climate goals, but locals are fighting back against what they see as an encroachment on their pastoral settings.
OPINION: DUAL-USE FARMLAND IS AN IMPORTANT TOOL FOR DIVERSIFYING A FARMER'S INCOME
As New Jersey begins a pilot program for solar fields that accommodate farming, a Massachusetts solar developer aims to be at the forefront of the action.
